Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-15
KILLED on A COUNTY Roam.
A Fatal ARRAY Among C0lored Men
Saturday Night.


HOW FRANK WATERS NET HIS DEATH-ARREsrs By
THE POLICE-wATERS IGSORA ANT AS TO THE NAMES
OF HIS AsSAnAsTs-THE STORIES TOLD BY PARTICI-
PANTS IN THE ARRAY.
Saturday night, between and 9 O'Clock. a fatal
ahray occurred on the Rock Creek Church road
near soldiers Home, between five colored men
Who were under the Influence OF liquor Frank
Waters was killed and two or three others we're
wounded Waters was wel-digger by occupa-
ton and twenty-one years OF age. He lived with,
and supported his widowed mother In an alley be
tween 10th and 21st streets and NJ and streets
northwest The police say he bore the reputation
Oh being quiet and industrious man. He had
been employed to dig well near Stott's station,
on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and
ONO railroad. and had employed Brice Handy and
lawrence Bailey to assist him. They were TO; be-
glnOperatonS this morning. In order to get at work
early this morning Waters loaded his tools In q
cart and with his assistants started Saturday eve
ming 10 take them into the country They had
drinks together and IT was stated that Waters as
seen To have Els. When near the entrance to
soldiers Home they met
TWO UNKNOWN COLORED MEN,
and the fight followed. During the fight Waters
received a severe wound on the head with a stone,
was cut across the stomach and leg and stabbed
in the right breast. Being badly injured, he re-
queSted TO be taken home and his companions
lifted MIN In the cart and drove of. They went
around TO Columbia road and entered 10Th street
at the Boundary, instead of coming in by way Of
sth street and stopping at the hospital. All this
Time the Injured man was bleeding freely, and
when he arrived at his mothers home he was so
weak from loss OF blood that he could scarcely
speak DIS Lee, Morgan ana Mundell were sent
Tor, but waters was nearly dead when they ar
rived. The physicians did what they could TO re-
lieve his suffering. He fingered until o'clock yes
terday morning, when he died
ARRESTS BY THE POLICE.
Some time after his death the police were nOti-
nod and
Bailey and Handy, who were found at their home
asleep. Word was sent to the eighth precinct Of
the affair, as 1t occurred in that precinct but no
clue could be obtained as to who the unknown
men were sergeant Slattery and Officers West
and Morgan went out into the county and sue
ceeded in capturing another young colored man
named John Lee, alias Coleman, alias Brown, and
he admitted having taken part In Che fight. AT
the police station he said that the cutting was
done by man named 'JO' Taylor.
LEES STORY TO STAR REPORTER.
At the station last evening Lee said to STAR
reporter that he and Taylor were employed In the
Soldiers Home. Saturday evening they started
for the city and had couple Of drinks together.
Taylor had already been drinking. They were
walking along the road when they met the cart.
Taylor SAID TO the men in the cart: "What In the
- are you fellows making so much noise for on
the public road this time IN the night?' Waters
it?" Taylor then used some insulting Language,
which was answered by Waters. The latter got
0us OF the cart and walked over to him Qee) and
struck Waters when the Iatter's friends interfered
aud held Taylor in order to give Waters and
W NseT Tavor ehanss to he fight 1t out
Waters with knife razor. Taylor knocked
Waters down, and Lee said, did not stop cutting
at him. Taylor, he said, also struck Waters on
the head with stone. Taylor slept In Samson
street during the night, and the officers talk
Ing to hIa in the morning, but had no idea that he
had anything to do with The cutting. Sunday
morning, Lee said, when he met Taylor, the latter
said ''he had been cut by Il niger once, and did
hurt him.
Lee had the end of his thum cut of, and said it
was done Saturday morning, but this the officers
do not believe, they claim to have seen him Sat
uroiay evening, when there was nothing the mat
ter with his finger. There is also cut on hisl lip,
which he said was done In the hight During tie
1Sht, ne sad, TaylO struck one OF the other men
W1tha stone.
WHAT BAILEY AND HANDY SAY.
Lawrence Bailey, who yesterday morning showed
evidences OF having been In a drunken fight said
to STAR reporter that he was driving the horse
when the trouble started. Handy and Waters
were sitting in the rear OF the cart. He could
say what started the trouble but Waters left the
cart and was fighting with one OF the unknown
men, when I've got out to see fair play. He held
the second man until Handy separated the Others
when he released his man the man made plunge
at Waters and they rolled down the side of the road
into the ditch The man also cut at him and took
the end OF his little finger OFF, He was also struck
over the eye with a stone or blackjack, and his
face was badly bruised He assisted Waters out of
the ditch. Waters said: II am cut; take me
nome" Bailey thought he could identify the two
men.
Briee Handy, who Is about nineteen years old,
told substantially the same story. He sat up with
the dying man, and during the night Waters asked
IOr Bailey. and said he was such good friend.
WHY ELIZA LEWIS WAS ARRESTED.
A few minutes before he died Waters cried
'EliJa, Eliza" This led the officers to believe that
he knew who cut him, and that the mans name
was Eliza The only person they knew OF by that
name was Eliza Lewis, and he was arrested ON sus-
plclon and locked up, but the officers do think
he was connected with the light.
Mrs. Waters, mother OF the deceased, said that
before her son died he said, 81 do not know who
the two men were; don't know who cut men She
said that before he lert home he had s. In his
pocket, and said he was going 20 collect some more
When ne was brought home he did not have cent
in his pocket.
Yesterday afternoon Drs. Lachan Tyler and
Luckett made post-Inortem examination and
lOund tDat death was caused from loss OF blood
and conclusion Of the brain.
Lee was taken this morning from the eighth to
the third precinct station and was identified By
Handy and Bailey as one OF the men engaged In
the anray An inquest On the body OF Waters Is
In progress this afternoon.
The Legion Of Honor.
THE SUPREME COUNCIL TO MEET IN THIS CITY NEXT
WEEK.
The supreme Council OF the American Legion of
Honor holds its next biennial session IN this city